Sentence examples for before grew from inspiring English sources

(At least one version of this story was also missing the word "he" before "grew up").

At the thought of it, Fatima's face, full of only energy before, grew somber and then cross.

Ms. Cullen, who was married briefly before, grew up in Douglaston, Queens, and can name every starting player for both the Mets and the Yankees.

"I was basically like, 'Let's just cut to the chase.' " Dr. Khan, who like Dr. Qureshi had been through the matchmaking process before, grew to appreciate his honesty during that first meeting.

It was a scrubby place with a single building, a derelict all-purpose store, and on a hillside of bushes and weeds I saw a sign saying something to the effect that on this spot the century before grew the greatest white-pine forest in the world.

Safin made it through the first set before growing exercised.

Those suits were first brought by lower-profile players before growing to include bigger names.

At Duke Corporate Education, revenue fell 22 percent in fiscal 2009 and 32 percent in 2010, before growing 28 percent in 2011.

Only if you believe our ancestors placed trading for sex before growing crops.

First Island, then Virgin, started almost at street level, before growing.

There's only so much one can do before growing exhausted.